The Beauty Of The Trinity

Author : Justin Coyle
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781531500016

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The Beauty of the Trinity by Justin Coyle Pdf

In this book Justin Shaun Coyle remembers the theology of beauty of the forgotten Summa Halensis, an early-thirteenth-century text written by Franciscan friars at the University of Paris. Many scholars vaunt the Summa Halensis—conceived but not drafted entirely by Alexander of Hales (d. 1245)—for its teaching on beauty and its influence on giants of the high scholastic idiom. But few read the text’s teaching theologically—as a teaching about God. The Beauty of the Trinity: A Reading of the Summa Halensis proposes an interpretation of the Summa’s beauty—teaching as deeply and inexorably theological, even trinitarian. The book takes as its keystone a passage in which the Summa Halensis identifies beauty with the “sacred order of the divine persons.” If beauty names a trinitarian structure rather than a divine attribute, then the text teaches beauty where it teaches trinity. So The Beauty of the Trinity trawls the massive Summa Halensis for beauty across passages largely ignored by the literature. Taking seriously the Summa’s own definition of beauty rather than imposing onto the text modernity’s narrow aesthetic categories allows Coyle to identity beauty nearly everywhere across the text’s pages: in its teaching on the transcendental determinations of being, on the trinity proper, on creation, on psychology, on grace. A medieval text must teach beauty that appreciates beauty theologically beyond the constricted and anachronistic boundaries that often limit study of medieval aesthetics. Readers of medieval theology and theological aesthetics both will find in The Beauty of the Trinity a depiction of how an early scholastic summa thinks beauty according to the mystery of the trinity.

Author : David Bentley Hart
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004-10-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 080282921X

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The Beauty of the Infinite by David Bentley Hart Pdf

The Beauty of the Infinite is a splendid extended essay in "theological aesthetics." David Bentley Hart here meditates on the power of a Christian understanding of beauty and sublimity to rise above the violence -- both philosophical and literal -- characteristic of the postmodern world. The book begins by tracing the shifting use and nature of metaphysics in the thought of Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Lyotard, Derrida, Deleuze, Nancy, Levinas, and others. Hart pays special attention to Nietzsche's famous narrative of the "will to power" -- a narrative largely adopted by the world today -- and he offers an engaging revision (though not rejection) of the genealogy of nihilism, thereby highlighting the significant "interruption" that Christian thought introduced into the history of metaphysics. This discussion sets the stage for a retrieval of the classic Christian account of beauty and sublimity, and of the relation of both to the question of being. Written in the form of a dogmatica minora, this main section of the book offers a pointed reading of the Christian story in four moments, or parts: Trinity, creation, salvation, and eschaton. Through a combination of narrative and argument throughout, Hart ends up demonstrating the power of Christian metaphysics not only to withstand the critiques of modern and postmodern thought but also to move well beyond them. Strikingly original and deeply rewarding, The Beauty of the Infinite is both a constructively critical account of the history of metaphysics and a compelling contribution to it.

Author : Raniero Cantalamessa OFM CAP
Publisher : The Word Among Us Press
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781593254216

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Contemplating the Trinity by Raniero Cantalamessa OFM CAP Pdf

Unity, joy, simplicity, beauty, truth—these are the hallmarks of the three Persons in one God, the Trinity. In Contemplating the Trinity, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, the preacher to the papal household, invites readers to turn to the Trinity so that they can enter into and experience the relationship of love that the divine Persons share with one another. Convinced that Christians today need a spirituality that is more clearly trinitarian, Fr. Cantalamessa draws from theology, spirituality, and art to articulate this new perspective and its implications. As readers accept Christ’s invitation to immerse themselves in the “bottomless sea without shores” that is the Trinity, they will find themselves on a journey that promises a deeper understanding of how this relationship of love can be our standard for holiness.

Author : Joseph D. Wooddell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498271486

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The Beauty of the Faith by Joseph D. Wooddell Pdf

Nearly everyone finds beauty compelling, so Christian apologists should devise ways to present an "aesthetic Christian apologetic." Nearly all apologists admit that the beauty of a life well lived and the beauty of the Christian community (along with the use of media and the arts) are not only helpful for apologetics but essential in a postmodern culture. In fact, it is frustrating to see how many apologists mention the need for such an approach but go on devoting most of their energies to traditional approaches. This book is different. It clearly shows the pros and cons of traditional approaches and offers a fresh perspective as well, arguing that beauty is the most compelling apologetic, and suggesting ways to implement such an approach. It demonstrates how Western culture arrived in its current unfortunate situation and uses both Scripture and figures like Athenagoras and Jonathan Edwards to challenge current views on apologetics.

Author : Dr David Torevell
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409477853

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Liturgy and the Beauty of the Unknown by Dr David Torevell Pdf

Contemporary culture is rediscovering the importance of beauty for both social transformation and personal happiness. Theologians have sought, in their varied ways, to demonstrate how God's beauty is associated with notions of truth and goodness. This book breaks new ground by suggesting that liturgy is the means par excellence by which an experience of beauty is communicated. Drawing from both secular and religious understandings, in particular the mystical and apophatic tradition, the book demonstrates how liturgy has the potential to achieve the one ultimately reliable form of beauty because its embodied components are able to reflect the disturbing beauty of the One to whom worship is always offered. Such components rely on understanding the aesthetic dynamics upon which liturgy relies. This book draws from a broad range of disciplines concerned with understanding beauty and self-transformation and concludes that while secular utopian forms have much to contribute to ethical transformation, they ultimately fail since they lack the Christological and eschatological framework needed, which liturgy alone provides.

Author : A. W. Tozer
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781600669026

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Meditations on the Trinity by A. W. Tozer Pdf

From one of the 20th century's most beloved spiritual writers A. W. Tozer is known for many things. He's known for his powerful writing style. He's known for being vigorously biblical. And he’s known for gazing upon God intently in Word and prayer, and then telling readers plainly what he sees. All of these aspects of Tozer shine through in Meditations on the Trinity. Divided into four parts—one for each person of the Trinity, and one for the Godhead three-in-one—this volume compiles excerpts from Tozer's writings into a collection of daily readings to help you grow in you understanding of a central Christian doctrine. No one can over-contemplate the Trinity. It is an inexhaustible mystery, and one that rewards sustained reflection. Readers of Meditations on the Trinity will receive a more accurate view of who God is, and in turn offer Him truer worship. We exist to know and praise God, and this book will help readers do just that.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015025898878

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Franciscan Institute Publications by Anonim Pdf

Author : Oleg V. Bychkov
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780813217314

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Aesthetic Revelation by Oleg V. Bychkov Pdf

*Presents a rigorous reexamination of von Balthasars interpretation of major ancient and medieval texts*

Author : Stephen M. Garrett
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498271141

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God's Beauty-in-Act by Stephen M. Garrett Pdf

Jurgen Moltmann and others contend that Christian theology and the church face a dual crisis--one of relevance and the other of identity. Despite making this pronouncement nearly forty years ago, the church in the West continues to struggle with this crisis. Several proposals have been espoused, from the way of wisdom to the way of ecclesial praxis. Yet, little attention is given in Protestant theological discourse to the role God's beauty plays in bringing theology and ethics together. By neglecting God's beauty for theological discourse, we risk diminishing Christian worship, witness, and wisdom. God's Beauty-in-Act addresses these issues, in part, by arguing that the redemptive-creative suffering and glorious resurrection of Christ are the nexus of God's being, beauty, and Christian living. God's beauty, understood as the fittingness of the incarnate Son's actions in the Spirit to the Father's will, radiates God's glory and draws perceivers into the dramatic movements of God's triune life. These movements serve as the patterns that shape the imagination, enabling participants to perform their parts creatively and fittingly in God's drama of redemption. In doing so, human beings flourish as they jettison false identities and realities of their own making that are incommensurate with God's purpose found in Christ by the Spirit.

Author : Gaven M. Mize,Robberto E. Rojas Jr.
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780359415724

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Beauty and the Augsburg Confession by Gaven M. Mize,Robberto E. Rojas Jr. Pdf

To overcome a deficit of art portraying the biblical narratives in churches rooted in the Reformation, Gaven M. Mize and Robert E. Rojas Jr., both active Lutheran pastors, have produced Beauty and the Augsburg Confession: Art Devotion. They provide a theological discourse written in homiletical study for each of the articles of the Augsburg Confession, that document that like no other encapsulates what Lutherans believe. For each of these small chapter an appropriate corresponding work of arts is placed. This is not the first time Pastor Mize has done and with Pastor Rojas continues to demonstrate a mastery of Christian art from the Middle Ages up to the present. Mize and Rojas open for us a another dimension in showing us how art along with the word can open to us the mind of God. In fact this is what the incarnation is all about: Jesus is the exact image of God.

Author : Christopher Scott Sevier
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780739184257

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Aquinas on Beauty by Christopher Scott Sevier Pdf

Aquinas on Beauty explores the nature and role of beauty in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Beginning with a standard definition of beauty provided by Aquinas, it explores each of the components of that definition. The result is a comprehensive account of Aquinas’s formal view on the subject, supplemented by an exploration into Aquinas’s commentary on Dionysius’s Divine Names, including a comparison of his views with those of both Dionysius and those of Aquinas’s mentor, Albert the Great. The book also highlights the tight connection in Aquinas’s thought between aesthetics and ethics, and illustrates how Aquinas preserves what is best about aesthetic traditions preceding him, and anticipates what is best about aesthetic traditions that would follow, marrying objective and subjective aesthetic intuitions and charting a kind of via media between the common extremes.

Author : Rachel S. Stahle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606084823

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The Great Work of Providence by Rachel S. Stahle Pdf

Even though Jonathan Edwards is arguably America's greatest theologian, the content and value of his work remains a mystery to most. Stahle systematizes and summarizes Edwards's biblically grounded thought in contemporary language and makes Edwards accessible to pastors, students, and church study groups. Edwards's conceptions of the Trinity are explained in detail and shown to be the basis for the rest of his theology, including his ideas about sin, salvation, holiness, the purpose of history, Scripture, revivals of religion, heaven and hell, and the church. Reflection and study questions are provided to enrich comprehension and demonstrate the relevance of Edwards's theology for contemporary life. The wealth of this Puritan's personal piety and intellectual brilliance is no longer beyond the reach of twenty-first century Christians.

Author : Joel R. Beeke
Publisher : Reformation Heritage Books
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781601785534

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The Beauty and Glory of the Christian Worldview by Joel R. Beeke Pdf

“I once was blind, but now I see” is the glad confession of the Christian’s heart. However, what is it that a Christian now sees that so transforms his life? It is the Christian worldview. This is not an abstract philosophy so much as biblical doctrine for life. The Word of God establishes God-centered thinking, engages faithful living, and energizes ardent feeling for the kingdom of Christ in this world and the world to come. In this volume, several pastors and theologians band together to explore aspects of the Christian worldview such as God’s Trinity, supremacy, and loving sovereignty over all of life; the Christian’s identity in Christ, sexuality, and sufferings; and the Christian life as both earthly mission and heavenly pilgrimage. Contributors include Derek Thomas, Michael Barrett, Joel Beeke, Paul Smalley, Mark Kelderman, Brian Cosby, Charles Barrett, and Gerald Bilkes. Contents: Part I: Foundational Truths for the Christian’s Mind 1. The Christian Worldview of the Trinity - Derek W. H. Thomas 2. Under the Sun to Beyond the Sun: The Old Testament’s Worldview - Michael Barrett 3. The Worldview of the Puritans - Joel R. Beeke and Paul M. Smalley Part II: Formative Truths for the Christian’s Life 4. The Christian Worldview for Daily Life - Derek W. H. Thomas 5. The Christian Worldview of Sexuality - Mark Kelderman 6. A Christian Worldview of Suffering - Brian Cosby Part III: Flaming Truths for the Christian’s Zeal 7. Joyful Exiles: A Worldview for Pilgrims - Charles M. Barrett 8. Conforming Our Worldview to the Great Commission -Gerald Bilkes 9. Looking unto Jesus in This World to Follow Him into the Next - Charles M. Barrett

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1834
Category : Religion
ISBN : MINN:31951000970040W

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The American National Preacher by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joel R. Beeke
Publisher : Reformation Heritage Books
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781601783363

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The Beauty and Glory of Christian Living by Joel R. Beeke Pdf

When the seed of life is sown in their hearts, God’s people grow up beautifully and gloriously. Taking up this botanical analogy, The Beauty and Glory of Christian Living opens by discussing the divine roots of the Christian life in being united to Christ in faith, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit, becoming spiritually minded, and living by the means of grace. It then explores how our Christian lives branch out to influence our families, our workplaces, and the world. Finally, a series of chapters deal with weathering the storms of life, when we are pelted with affliction, sexual temptation, negative thought patterns, hard times, sickness, and death. In all of this, we see a faithful God who causes His people to flourish for His glory. Contributors include Michael Barrett, Ian Hamilton, John Tweeddale, Joel Beeke, William VanDoodewaard, Brian Najapfour, Josh Dear, Gerald Bilkes, Brian Croft, and David Murray. Table of Contents: Christian Living in Its Divine Roots 1. Living Out Our Faith: The Christian Life Inside Out—Michael Barrett 2. Living by the Spirit’s Sanctifying Ministry—Ian Hamilton 3. Living on Things Above: John Owen on Spiritual-Mindedness—John W. Tweeddale 4. Living by the Means of Grace: How God Beautifies His Children—Ian Hamilton Christian Living in Its Human Branches 5. Living in the Family: Thoughts from William Gouge—Joel R. Beeke 6. Living in the Workplace: Following in Jesus’ Steps—William VanDoodewaard 7. Living Evangelistically: Biblical Motivation for Proclaiming the Gospel—Brian Najapfour with Josh Dear Christian Living in Its Earthly Storms 8. Living in the Furnace of Affliction—Gerald Bilkes 9. Living Morally in a Sexually Immoral World—Brian Croft 10. Living Positively in a Negative Culture—David Murray 11. Living through Sickness and Death—Brian Croft 12. Living Hopefully in Hard Times: The Beauty and Glory of the Book of Judges—John W. Tweeddale